Idaho HJR 4: Legislative authority over drug legalization
Idaho · Constitutional amendment · Government · Statewide decision
Explanation reviewed 2026-10-27. AI-written and checked against linked official evidence; not an election-office summary.
AI-written summary
Would give only the legislature authority to legalize marijuana, narcotics or other psychoactive substances, removing citizen initiatives as a route for those changes. It does not itself legalize or newly prohibit a particular substance.
What applies now
Citizens can use the initiative process to change controlled-substance laws.
If yes / for
Make legislative authority exclusive.
If no / against
Retain the initiative route under existing constitutional rules.
Costs and funding
No verified fiscal estimate recorded in this baseline. This does not mean there is no cost.
Timing
Immediately upon voter adoption.
Passage rule
Threshold not independently established here; consult the official text.
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